Angewandte Chemie

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Chefredakteur: Peter Gölitz, Stellvertreter: Neville Compton, Haymo Ross

Online ISSN: 1521-3757

Associated Title(s): Angewandte Chemie International Edition, Chemistry - A European Journal, Chemistry – An Asian Journal, Zeitschrift für Chemie

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25.05.2013

Hot Paper: Die Rolle der Oxidkomponente für die Entwicklung von Kupfer-Komposit-Katalysatoren zur Synthese von Methanol

Hot Paper: Die Rolle der Oxidkomponente für die Entwicklung von Kupfer-Komposit-Katalysatoren zur Synthese von Methanol

Stefan Zander, Edward L. Kunkes, Manfred E. Schuster, Julia Schumann, Gisela Weinberg, Detre Teschner, Nikolas Jacobsen, Robert Schlögl, Malte Behrens*

Der gezielte Entwurf fester Katalysatoren für industrielle Prozesse ist noch immer eine der zentralen Herausforderungen in der synthetischen Materialchemie. Auf der Grundlage von Untersuchungen des industriellen Cu/ZnO/Al2O3-Katalysators wird ein molekulares Konzept eingeführt, das bei der Entwicklung von neuartigen Methanolsynthesekatalysatoren für verschiedene Eduktgasgemische hilft.

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24.05.2013

VIP: Compositionally Tunable Photoluminescence Emission in Cu2ZnSn(S1-xSex)4 Nanocrystals

Ajay Singh, Shalini Singh, Sergiu Levcenko, Thomas Unold, Fathima Laffir, and Kevin M. Ryan*

Controlling the sulfur/selenium ratio in colloidal Cu2ZnSn(S1-xSex)4 (CZTS) nanocrystals allowed very precise band-gap tuning (0.9–1.4 eV). The nanocrystals show composition-dependent photoluminescence emission with peak shifts directly correlating with the chalcogen ratio. The size-controlled nanocrystals form in the Wurtzite crystal phase with characterization by X-ray diffraction, high-resolution TEM, Raman and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirming their occurrence as single-crystal alloys for all compositions. The tunable photoluminescence emission in earth-abundant quaternary chalcogenides greatly expands their potential application in both discrete nanocrystal (Q-dot) applications and in thin-film photovoltaic devices where a defined and controllable band gap is required

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24.05.2013

Hot Paper: Azacalixphyrin: The Hidden Porphyrin Cousin Brought to Light

Hot Paper: Azacalixphyrin: The Hidden Porphyrin Cousin Brought to Light

Zhongrui Chen, Michel Giorgi, Denis Jacquemin*, Mourad Elhabiri, Olivier Siri*

Pyrrol-frei: Das abgebildete Azacalixphyrin, ein neuartiges isostrukturelles und isoelektronisches Porphyrin-Analogon, kann leicht in zwei Stufen synthetisiert werden. Die Verbindung ist aromatisch, absorbiert über den gesamten sichtbaren Spektralbereich und ist dank ihres ungewöhnlichen doppelt-zwitterionischen Charakters hochstabil – sogar in Gegenwart von Wasser und an Luft.

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23.05.2013

VIP: Structure of the Parallel Duplex of Poly(A) RNA: Evaluation of a 50-Year Old Prediction

Nozhat Safaee,* Anne M. Noronha, Dmitry Rodionov, Guennadi Kozlov, Christopher J. Wilds, George M. Sheldrick, and Kalle Gehring*

Although the molecular structure of the double-stranded poly(rA) was predicted by Rich et al. in 1961, it has taken more than 50 years to confirm this prediction. The crystal structure of the parallel duplex of (rA)11 obtained at physiological pH, solved using ab initio direct methods, and refined to 1.0 Å resolution is reported. The geometry of purine rings suggests that the adenines are not protonated. Instead, supported by our thermal denaturation studies, bound ammonium ions are complexed by the adenines, stabilizing the duplex. The self-assembly of poly(rA) is a novel feature of an abundant nucleic acid motif.

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23.05.2013

Hot Paper: BODIPY–Tetrazine Derivatives as Superbright Bioorthogonal Turn-on Probes

Hot Paper: BODIPY–Tetrazine Derivatives as Superbright Bioorthogonal Turn-on Probes

Jonathan C. T. Carlson, Labros G. Meimetis, Scott A. Hilderbrand, Ralph Weissleder*

Am schnellsten und hellsten: Die enge Verknüpfung von Tetrazin an ein BODIPY-Fluorophor führt zu einem außergewöhnlich effizienten Energietransfer und starker Fluoreszenzlöschung. Nach Reaktion des Tetrazins nimmt die Fluoreszenzintensität um mehr als das Tausendfache zu. Damit ist die fluorogene Aktivierung um zwei Größenordnungen höher als zuvor beschrieben.

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22.05.2013

Hot Paper: A Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Responsive Polymer for Safe, Efficient, and Targeted Gene Delivery in Cancer Cells

Hot Paper: A Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Responsive Polymer for Safe, Efficient, and Targeted Gene Delivery in Cancer Cells

Min Suk Shim, Younan Xia*

Stimulierte Freisetzung: Die hohe Konzentration reaktiver Sauerstoffspezies (ROS) in Prostata-Krebszellen lässt sich für den gezielten Gentransport nutzen. Ein ROS-responsives Thioketal-basiertes kationisches Polymer wurde synthetisiert, und seine Funktionalisierung mit einem krebssuchenden Peptid führte zur selektiven und verstärkten Gentransfektion in Prostata-Krebszellen (siehe Schema).

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22.05.2013

VIP: Combining NHC–Cu and Brønsted Base Catalysis: Enantioselective Allylic Substitution/Conjugate Addition with Alkynyl Aluminum Reagents and Their Stereospecific Isomerization to Trisubstituted Allenes

Jennifer A. Dabrowski, Fredrik Haeffner, and Amir H. Hoveyda*

Catalytic enantioselective allylic substitution reactions that involve alkynyl nucleophiles and generate tertiary carbon stereogenic centers are presented for the first time. Transformations are promoted by a chiral N-heterocyclic carbine–Cu complex and require alkynyl aluminum reagents simply prepared in situ from an alkyne and di(iso)-butylaluminum hydride; products are obtained in up to >98 % yield, >98 % SN2′ selectivity and 98.5:1.5 enantiomeric ratio. The enantiomerically enriched skipped enynes are then converted to trisubstituted allenes with 15–100 mol % of a common amine base (dbu) typically with complete enantiospecificity. Mechanistic experiments and DFT calculations shed light on the mechanism of stereoselective alkyne-to-allene isomerization.

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21.05.2013

VIP: Evidence for Low-Temperature Melting of Mercury Due To Relativity

Florent Calvo,* Elke Pahl, Michael Wormit, and Peter Schwerdtfeger*

Among the many peculiarities of elemental metallic mercury, its liquid form at room temperature, and low melting temperature at -38.83 °C, has eluded fundamental understanding so far. Special relativity has been speculated as a possible cause for this unique state, but never was proven. Using Monte Carlo simulations, together with a diatomic-in-molecule method to simulate the many-body interactions in bulk mercury, was the key to solve this challenging problem. Relativistic and nonrelativistic calculations show that the melting temperature in bulk mercury is lowered by 105 °C due to relativistic effects. Thus, hypothetical nonrelativistic mercury remains solid under normal conditions.

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21.05.2013

VIP: Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons from the Oxidative Opening of Carbon Nanotubes Retain Electrochemically Active Metallic Impurities

Colin Hong An Wong, Chun Kiang Chua, Bahareh Khezri, Richard D. Webster, and Martin Pumera*

Graphene nanoribbons are commonly synthesized using carbon nanotubes (CNTs) as a precursor through the oxidative opening of the nanotubes into elongated ribbons. However, CNTs contain significant amounts of metallic impurities even after purification. Herein, we show that these impurities persist at parts-per-billion levels after oxidative opening of CNTs to graphene oxide nanoribbons and heavily influence the electrochemical behavior of the resulting material. This may have negative impacts on the range and effectiveness of potential applications suitable for graphene materials.

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17.05.2013

VIP: Organic Semiconductor Doping: Impact of Dopant Strength and Electronic Coupling

Henry Méndez, Georg Heimel,* Andreas Opitz, Katrein Sauer, Patrick Barkowski, Martin Oehzelt, Junshi Soeda, Toshihiro Okamoto, Jun Takeya, Jean-Baptiste Arlin, Jean-Yves Balandier, Yves Geerts, Norbert Koch, and Ingo Salzmann*

The standard model for molecular electrical p-doping of organic semiconductors (OSCs) assumes integer charge transfer between OSC and dopant. Here, it is contrasted to an alternative model based on intermolecular complex formation between OSC and dopant. Systematically varying the acceptor strength of prototypical dopants in a matrix of a solution processible OSC allowed discriminating the two models. Determining the actual structure of intermolecular complexes and correlating it with the optical and electronic properties of p-doped samples clearly favored the alternative model. Consequences for chemical design strategies of more efficient molecular dopants are deduced.

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17.05.2013

Hot Paper: Einfache und doppelte N-H-Aktivierung in NH3 durch [Al2O3+: Erzeugung des Aminylradikals und von Nitren bei Raumtemperatur

Hot Paper: Einfache und doppelte N-H-Aktivierung in NH3 durch [Al2O3]·+: Erzeugung des Aminylradikals und von Nitren bei Raumtemperatur

Robert Kretschmer, Zhe-Chen Wang, Maria Schlangen, Drs. h. c. Helmut Schwarz*

Tatort N-H-Aktivierung: Wenn Ammoniak ins Visier von [Al2O3+ gerät, bleibt es nicht bei einer einfachen Wasserstoffabstraktion, sondern ein zweites Wasserstoffatom wird transferiert und so bei Raumtemperatur Nitren gebildet. Dies belegen die hier vorgestellten massenspektrometrischen Experimente im Zusammenspiel mit Rechnungen.

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16.05.2013

VIP: C–H Functionalization Logic Enables a Synthesis of (+)-Hongoquercin A and Related Compounds

Brandon R. Rosen, Leah R. Simke, Peter S. Thuy-Boun, Darryl D. Dixon, Jin-Quan Yu, and Phil S. Baran

A synthesis of the sesquiterpenoid antibiotic (+)-hongoquercin A using sequential site-specific C–H methylation and oxidation reactions is described. A key advancement toward this goal was the development of a ligand-accelerated C–H methylation reaction. This unique strategic disconnection enables the generation of a library of eight structurally diverse analogs, highlighting the utility of these reactions in the synthesis and modification of structurally complex molecules.

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25.05.2013
Hot Paper: Die Rolle der Oxidkomponente für die Entwicklung von Kupfer-Komposit-Katalysatoren zur Synthese von Methanol

24.05.2013
VIP: Compositionally Tunable Photoluminescence Emission in Cu2ZnSn(S1-xSex)4 Nanocrystals

24.05.2013
Hot Paper: Azacalixphyrin: The Hidden Porphyrin Cousin Brought to Light

23.05.2013
VIP: Structure of the Parallel Duplex of Poly(A) RNA: Evaluation of a 50-Year Old Prediction

23.05.2013
Hot Paper: BODIPY–Tetrazine Derivatives as Superbright Bioorthogonal Turn-on Probes

22.05.2013
Hot Paper: A Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS)-Responsive Polymer for Safe, Efficient, and Targeted Gene Delivery in Cancer Cells

22.05.2013
VIP: Combining NHC–Cu and Brønsted Base Catalysis: Enantioselective Allylic Substitution/Conjugate Addition with Alkynyl Aluminum Reagents and Their Stereospecific Isomerization to Trisubstituted Allenes

21.05.2013
VIP: Evidence for Low-Temperature Melting of Mercury Due To Relativity

21.05.2013
VIP: Graphene Oxide Nanoribbons from the Oxidative Opening of Carbon Nanotubes Retain Electrochemically Active Metallic Impurities

17.05.2013
VIP: Organic Semiconductor Doping: Impact of Dopant Strength and Electronic Coupling

17.05.2013
Hot Paper: Einfache und doppelte N-H-Aktivierung in NH3 durch [Al2O3+: Erzeugung des Aminylradikals und von Nitren bei Raumtemperatur

16.05.2013
VIP: C–H Functionalization Logic Enables a Synthesis of (+)-Hongoquercin A and Related Compounds

16.05.2013
VIP: Enantioselective Isomerization of Primary Allylic Alcohols into Chiral Aldehydes with the Tol-Binap/Dbapen–Ruthenium(II) Catalyst

16.05.2013
Hot Paper: Oxidative Coupling Reactions of Grignard Reagents with Nitrous Oxide

15.05.2013
Hot Paper: Die Fettsäurezusammensetzung von Diacylglycerinen bestimmt lokale Signalmuster

14.05.2013
VIP: Deprotonation of a Borohydride: Synthesis of a Carbene-Stabilized Boryl Anion

14.05.2013
VIP: A Strategy for Separating and Recycling Solid Catalysts Based on the pH-Triggered Pickering Emulsion Inversion

14.05.2013
Hot Paper: Silicon(II) Coordination Chemistry: N-Heterocyclic Carbene Complexes of Si2+ and SiI+

13.05.2013
Hot Paper: Using Stable Radicals To Protect Pentacene Derivatives from Photodegradation

13.05.2013
VIP: Light-Regulated Stapled Peptides to Inhibit Protein–Protein Interactions Involved in Clathrin-Mediated Endocytosis

08.05.2013
VIP: Stepwise-Resolved Thermodynamics of Hydrophobic Self-Assembly: A New Experimental Concept

08.05.2013
VIP: Photoinduced Curling of Organic Molecular Crystal Nanowires

06.05.2013
VIP: Enantiopure Water-Soluble Fe4L6 Cages: Host–Guest Chemistry and Catalytic Activity

06.05.2013
VIP: Electrochemical Synthesis of One-Dimensional Mesoporous Pt Nanorods Using Surfactant–Micelle Assembly in Confined Space

06.05.2013
Hot Paper: Stereoselektive Umlagerungen mit chiralen hypervalenten Iodreagentien

05.05.2013
Hot Paper: Preparation of Nano- and Microcapsules by Electrophoretic Polymer Assembly

04.05.2013
Hot Paper: Alkenylzinkreagentien mit Carbonylgruppen: Synthese durch direkte Metallinsertion und Umsetzungen mit Elektrophilen

03.05.2013
Hot Paper: Oxidation of Water under Visible-Light Irradiation over Modified BaTaO2N Photocatalysts Promoted by Tungsten Species

02.05.2013
Hot Paper: Gold(I)-Catalyzed Cascade Cycloadditions between Allenamides and Carbonyl-Tethered Alkenes: An Enantioselective Approach to Oxa-Bridged Medium-Sized Carbocycles

01.05.2013
Hot Paper: Multimodal Magnetic Core–Shell Nanoparticles for Effective Stem-Cell Differentiation and Imaging

30.04.2013
VIP: A Cyclic Silylone ("Siladicarbene") with an Electron-Rich Silicon(0) Atom

30.04.2013
Hot Paper: Chemotactic Behavior of Catalytic Motors in Microfluidic Channels

29.04.2013
Hot Paper: Catalyst-free Direct Growth of a Single to a Few Layers of Graphene on a Germanium Nanowire for the Anode Material of a Lithium Battery

26.04.2013
VIP: Through-Space Electronic Energy Transfer Across Proximal Molecular Dyads

26.04.2013
VIP: Discovery of Novel Natural Product-Inspired Neuritogenic Compound Classes

25.04.2013
VIP: Strongly Luminescent Gold(III) Complexes with Long-Lived Excited States: High Emission Quantum Yields, Energy Up-Conversion, and Nonlinear Optical Properties

25.04.2013
Hot Paper: An Efficient Approach to the Securinega Alkaloids Empowered by Cooperative N-Heterocyclic Carbene/Lewis Acid Catalysis

24.04.2013
VIP: Regioselectively Functionalized Pyridines from Sustainable Resources

23.04.2013
VIP: Photosensitization of DNA by a 5-Methyl-2-Pyrimidone Deoxyribonucleoside: The (6–4) Photoproduct as a Trojan Horse

23.04.2013
Hot Paper: Manganese-Catalyzed Oxidative Benzylic C–H Fluorination by Fluoride Ions

22.04.2013
Hot Paper: Stable Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Electrolytes Based on Cobalt(II)/(III) Complexes of a Hexadentate Pyridyl Ligand

22.04.2013
Hot Paper: Cinchona Alkaloid Amide/Copper(II) Catalyzed Diastereo- and Enantioselective Vinylogous Mannich Reaction of Ketimines with Siloxyfurans

22.04.2013
Hot Paper: Direct Deamination of Primary Amines by Water to Produce Alcohols

16.04.2013
VIP: Tetrameric Cyclic Double Helicates as a Scaffold for a Molecular Solomon Link

16.04.2013
VIP: Synergy between XANES Spectroscopy and DFT to Elucidate the Amorphous Structure of Heterogeneous Catalysts: TiO2-Supported Molybdenum Oxide Catalysts

13.04.2013
Hot Paper: A Programmable Sensor to Probe the Internalization of Proteins and Nanoparticles in Live Cells

12.04.2013
Hot Paper: Silver-Catalyzed Nitrogenation of Alkynes: A Direct Approach to Nitriles through C≡C Bond Cleavage

12.04.2013
Hot Paper: Hexamethoxyphenalenyl as a Possible Quantum Spin Simulator: An Electronically Stabilized Neutral π Radical with Novel Quantum Coherence Owing to Extremely High Nuclear Spin Degeneracy

11.04.2013
VIP: Click Synthesis of Pyrroles: Silver-Catalyzed Cycloaddition of Terminal Alkynes with Isocyanides

11.04.2013
Hot Paper: A General Catalytic Methylation of Amines Using Carbon Dioxide

08.04.2013
VIP: On the Structures of 55-Atom Transition-Metal Clusters and Their Relation to the Crystalline Bulk

08.04.2013
VIP: Enzyme-Labile Protecting Groups Add a New Orthogonal Dimension to the Synthesis of Natural Products: Solid-Phase Synthesis of Thiocoraline

05.04.2013
VIP: Silver-Catalyzed Isocyanide–Alkyne Cycloaddition: A General and Practical Method to Oligosubstituted Pyrroles

25.03.2013
VIP: Nachweis der Zwischenstufen bei der sequentiellen Elektronen- und Wasserstoff-Abgabe aus einem Dicarbonylcobalthydrid-Komplex

13.03.2013
VIP: Carbon-Coated CdS Petalous Nanostructures with Enhanced Photostability and Photocatalytic Activity

11.03.2013
VIP: Synthesis and Characterization of a High–Valent Mixed-Metal [CuIII(µ–O)2NiIII]2+ Core Involving Nucleophilic Oxo Groups

08.03.2013
VIP: Towards Structure Determination of Self-Assembled Peptides using Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Enhanced Solid-State NMR

07.03.2013
Hot Paper: A Protein-Interaction Array Inside a Living Cell

28.02.2013
VIP: First Near-Infrared-Light-Driven Photocatalyst Cu2(OH)PO4

21.02.2013
VIP: A Facile Strategy for Selective Phosphoserine Incorporation in Histones

31.01.2013
VIP: Twisted Cucurbit[14]uril

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